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is i9505 just an unbootlocked i337?

is there any difference between the two besides ours being boot locked and network locked?
what I'm really asking is if I get the i9505 can I use it on att and get all the compatible network bands?
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I don't think you'll get LTE with it though.
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soraxd said:
is there any difference between the two besides ours being boot locked and network locked?
what I'm really asking is if I get the i9505 can I use it on att and get all the compatible network bands?
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I've been trying to look into this, and I'm pretty šure that the i9505 doesn't have AT&T LTE band support =[ Good news is that the Tmobile variant will have support for AT&T LTE bands without a locked bootloader. I'm going to just buy an unlocked Tmobile variant and use it on AT&T to sidestep the whole bootloader garbage.

Make US Cellular S4 work with AT&T

Sorry for the "stupid" post (maybe) but I thought the S4 had built in radios that would work with different carriers?
I have a US Cellular S4 but need it to run on a GSM AT&T network. Does anyone know if I can flash the software or what to do to make it work?
Many thanks in advance

I wanted to know what carriers the At&t S4 would work on also. I think it works on T-Mobile but its GSM. Will it work on any other carriers? Is US Cellular GSM?
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cyrusalmighty said:
I wanted to know what carriers the At&t S4 would work on also. I think it works on T-Mobile but its GSM. Will it work on any other carriers? Is US Cellular GSM?
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No...US Cellular is CDMA but is different from Sprint and VWZ

Also.............can the US Cellular S4 be carrier unlocked?
ANYONE ??????????????????

lennydude said:
No...US Cellular is CDMA but is different from Sprint and VWZ
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Oh I'm sorry. I misread your OP.lol. I thought that you were trying to unlock a AT&T G S4 work on US Cellular.
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b4uabb said:
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There is no buying, selling or trading of any kind allowed on XDA.
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[Q] "Unlocking" AT&T S4 questions

Now I have had previous Samsung Galaxy phones that I have rooted and I'm very familiar with the whole process.
However, I have never used a phone that was bought for one carrier and used on another.
I'm planning to purchase an AT&T Galaxy S4 and using it on the T-Mobile network (wish me luck).
What would be the best way to unlock the AT&T phone to use a T-Mobile SIM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285431​This is what I have found, but I heard something about a USB unlock being more successful.
Once the phone is "Unlocked", and I root the device, should I be using the AT&T ROMs section, or T-Mobile? I'm going to guess AT&T because they are somewhat hardware dependent?
Lastly, will this AT&T version limit my signal in anyway (not accounting for the already possibility of bad signal)?
Meaning the AT&T version only picks up the lesser of the T-Mobile bands or signals.
If I sound like an idiot, I apologize. I've done some research and cant seem to find the right keywords to search.
Thanks in advance for any information.

Questions and help issues go in Q&A and Help section
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Thanks
FNM

I'd advise you buy a T-Mobile Galaxy s4. Our bootloader is locked and the newest updafe only has a root exploit and
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I am using i337 with tmobiles sim card. I get 4g at over 10mbs and even over 20mbs on some good dsys. I usually use att roms although I've found that i9505 and tmobile work too. Just have to stick with loki'ed kernels. Hope this helps.

It does, thank you.
So look for a ROM with Loki kernels?
And which unlock method did you use to get the T-Mobile SIM to work?
The one above or a different one
Thanks for the info
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Make sure you get one that is not MF3
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Help - Switching mobile

hi folks,
I was wondering if I could get clarified with noob questions for carrier locked devices.
I'm in contract with att on HTC one right now. I'm planning to buy a sprint/ Verizon/ tmobile/att LG g2 (cheaper). Will it be possible to unlock any of the above carriers and use it for my current att contract? Also let me know if I can buy a device with bad esn on other networks.
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Since my carrier is at&t would these roms work for me?

It's the only explanation I can come up with none of the tmobile s4 roms work for me I have the tmobile s4 but I have at&t service jw
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Class_of_punk26 said:
It's the only explanation I can come up with none of the tmobile s4 roms work for me I have the tmobile s4 but I have at&t service jw
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You may have to flash your carriers kernel/modules. I don't have TMO S4, check on TMO rom thread for help/anyone running on att also. :good::good: